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1fshare
you want to find out what it's like to
a ham band with other services,
I!come on up to 902. In the 902- to 928-
MHz band, industrial, scientific, and
medical users (ISM), government ser-
vices and Automatic Vehicle Monitoring
(AVM) have priority over amateur users.
There are also unlicensed "Part 15" users
(cordless phone operators, for instance)
on the band. They're not protected
against interference from licensed users
and are prohibited from causing interfer-
ence to licensed users.
The biggest differences between shar-
ing here and on, say, 2 meters, are:
1) the band is 26 MHz wide, and
2) there are far fewer amateurs using You can modiJL cellular telephone equipment to operate on the 902- to 928-MHz ham band,
the band (of course, if we want to keep it, but you'd better know what you're doing ...and be prepared for a lot of work!
we need to change that).
This article will introduce you to some hasn't become particularly popular, but However, the League says it's develop-
of our "partners" on the band, propaga- the service has now been expanded to ing a new bandplan that "reflects our need
tion characteristics, and sources of equip- include other related vehicular applica- not to cause interference to AVM ...." The
ment that can be converted to amateur use tions, such as automated toll booth collec- Southern California Repeater and Re-
(there's virtually no commercially made tion. Oh, well. mote Base Association (SCRRBA)
ham gear for 902). Practically speaking, I haven't had a adopted a bandplan designed specifical-
significant problem with cordless phones ly to preclude interference to AVM. It has
and other Part 15 devices in the Albany, repeater inputs on 902.1 to 903.0 MHz
New York, area interfering with my and outputs on 927.1 to 928.0 MHz (25-
ARRL-bandplan FM repeater. But, the MHz split). The SCRRBA bandplan also
ISM users don't receive, so we don't incidence is likely to increase if we even- specifies narrow channel spacing (12.5
have to worry about interfering with them tually adopt the Southern California
(but we must tolerate whatever interfer- bandplan nationwide (see below), as this
ence they generate). Government use is more closely approximates the frequen-
"The 900-MHz trunking
very infrequent in most areas of the coun- cies used by cordless phones. services provide an excellent
try; AVM, on the other hand, is quite source of FM radios for ham
another story.
The original idea behind AVM was to use. The 800-MHz services are a
provide a commercial service to locate Repeat- good source of equipment, too,
and monitor vehicles in an urban area; er Directory, FM repeater inputs are but amateur use requires fairly
say, a home office keeping track of ser- 906.0 to 909.0 MHz and the outputs are extensive modifications."
vice or delivery trucks. This application 918.0 to 921.0 MHz (12-MHz split).
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